The Adoption (Designation of Overseas Adoptions) (Variation) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/690
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Adoption (Designation of Overseas Adoptions) (Variation) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 5th April 1993.

Section 2 Variation of Adoption (Designation of Overseas Adoptions) Order 1973

The Adoption (Designation of Overseas Adoptions) Order 1973 (designation) shall be varied as follows—

(a) there shall be inserted at the beginning of paragraph (2) of Article 3 the words “Subject to paragraph (2A) of this Article,”;

(b) after paragraph (2) of Article 3 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(2A) This Article also applies, as respects any adoption effected on or after 5th April 1993, in relation to any place which, at the time the adoption is effected, forms part of the People’s Republic of China.